DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> in Accra, Nana Amponsah emphasised that the government\u2019s focus should shift from targeting Ghanaian small-scale miners to tackling the influx of Chinese illegal miners operating in the country.<\/p>\n\u201cWe acknowledge the government\u2019s efforts to combat galamsey, but we urge them to focus on the real culprits \u2013 the Chinese illegal miners who are devastating our environment and flouting our laws,\u201d Nana Amponsah stated.<\/p>\n
He argued that Ghanaian small-scale miners are often unfairly targeted and stigmatised, while foreign miners, particularly Chinese nationals, continue to operate with impunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Chinese illegal miners have the resources and technology to cause massive environmental damage, and they must be held accountable,\u201d Nana Amponsah stressed.<\/p>\n
Nana Amponsah\u2019s call comes amid growing concerns over the devastating impact of galamsey on Ghana\u2019s environment, water resources, and communities.<\/p>\n
The government has launched several initiatives to combat illegal mining, including the deployment of military personnel to mining areas.<\/p>\n
It followed sustained media campaign by various stakeholders that urged the government to take action against illegal mining activities and ensure that mining companies operate within the law and contribute to the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n
However, Nana Amponsah believes that a more targeted approach is needed to address the root causes of the problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to distinguish between Ghanaian small-scale miners who are trying to make a living and foreign illegal miners who are exploiting our resources,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Nana Amponsah spoke out against the activities of Chinese illegal miners in the country, stating that they are draining the economy and contributing to the current economic crisis.<\/p>\n
According to the CEO, the Chinese miners ship the gold they produce out of the country to destinations such as C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Dubai, and China, without selling it in Ghana or paying taxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis means that Ghana does not benefit from the gold produced by these miners, and the country loses out on much-needed foreign exchange,\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n
He noted that if the Chinese miners were to sell their gold produce in Ghana, and the government was to handle the shipment, it would bring in more dollars and help reduce pressure on the exchange rate.<\/p>\n
The Okobeng boss also highlighted the double standards in the treatment of Ghanaian and Chinese miners.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the Chinese people are mining gold, nobody goes there to arrest them, but the moment a Ghanaian goes there to wash \u2018somp\u2019 (a local term for gold washing), he would be arrested,\u201d Mr. Amponsah said.<\/p>\n
The Okobeng Mining Company CEO urged the government to engage stakeholders, including local communities and licensed miners, to find sustainable solutions to the galamsey menace.<\/p>\n
By Ernest Kofi Adu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nana Okobeng Amponsah \u00a0 The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Okobeng Mining Company, Nana Okobeng Amponsah, has called on the government to redirect its efforts in the clampdown on illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey. Speaking to DAILY GUIDE in Accra, Nana Amponsah emphasised that the government\u2019s focus should shift from targeting Ghanaian small-scale miners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nana Okobeng Amponsah \u00a0 The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Okobeng Mining Company, Nana Okobeng Amponsah, has called on the government to redirect its efforts in the clampdown on illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey. Speaking to DAILY GUIDE in Accra, Nana Amponsah emphasised that the government\u2019s focus should shift from targeting Ghanaian small-scale miners […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-16T10:34:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"428\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-16T10:34:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":481,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-16T10:34:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg\",\"width\":620,\"height\":428},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019 - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Nana Okobeng Amponsah \u00a0 The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Okobeng Mining Company, Nana Okobeng Amponsah, has called on the government to redirect its efforts in the clampdown on illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey. Speaking to DAILY GUIDE in Accra, Nana Amponsah emphasised that the government\u2019s focus should shift from targeting Ghanaian small-scale miners […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-09-16T10:34:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":620,"height":428,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019","datePublished":"2024-09-16T10:34:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/"},"wordCount":481,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/","name":"\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-16T10:34:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Nana-Okobeng-Amponsah-1.jpg","width":620,"height":428},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/focus-clampdown-on-chinese-illegal-miners\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2019Focus Clampdown On Chinese Illegal Miners\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}